Software Engineer II

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable self-service tools and automated workflows for ingesting, creating, sharing, and using data.
• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and software engineers to develop scalable and user-friendly data platform solutions.
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems to maintain platform reliability and resolve issues proactively.
• Improve platform infrastructure for robustness, scalability, adaptability, and ease of adoption.
• Research and integrate tools and technologies to improve platform performance and support innovation.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and user guides for platform tools and workflows.

Requirements

• Require 3+ years of experience in platform engineering, software development, or a related field.
• Demonstrate platform thinking and the ability to design scalable, reusable, self-service tools that reduce complexity.
• Have strong proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably Python, and write clean, documented code.
• Have experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, with GCP preferred.
• Understand software engineering principles including version control, modularization, API development, and front-end/back-end integrations.
• Have experience using Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Have exposure to automated build tools such as Jenkins and CI/CD principles.
• Preferred qualifications include experience with Airflow, Argo, Flyte, Kubeflow, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Pub/Sub, and machine learning workflows.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage begins on the first day of employment.
• Includes parental leave, maternity support, nursing benefits, adoption assistance, therapist sessions, and Wellhub membership.
• Provides at least 18 paid time off days annually for full-time employees and six company holidays.
• Includes a 6% company contribution to a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing, and financial counseling.
• Includes charitable gift matching, employee discounts, and Chicago civic and cultural institution admission.
• Chicago office perks include a coffee bar, beer on tap, unlimited snacks, an onsite gym, and skyline views.
• Hybrid work model requires team members to be onsite at least two days per week in the Chicago headquarters.